#73B2E8#73B2E8

#73B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B2E8
RGB	rgb(115, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -5.49, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 33.70, 260.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0421 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.102 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5510, 41.3089, 82.3229)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B2E8 #E8A973

analogous

#73E8E3 #73B2E8 #7377E8

triadic

#73B2E8 #E873B2 #B2E873

tetradic

#73B2E8 #E373E8 #E8A973 #77E873

square

#73B2E8 #E373E8 #E8A973 #77E873

split-complementary

#73B2E8 #E87377 #E8E373

monochromatic

#2077C1 #3E95DF #73B2E8 #A8CFF1 #DCECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#73B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#73B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2E8

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B2E8	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8ef',
    500: '#73b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b2e8;
$custom-light: #a2c8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B2E8

secondary

#EDDACA

accent

#6B12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B2E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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